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The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$150
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$150
Largest grant, FY2024
$150
Organizations funded a year
11 to 41
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$951k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$1500%
FY202314$35k7%
FY202238$85k37%
FY202111$4k45%
FY202041$77k46%
FY201834$305kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$157kHealth$81kHuman Services$61kEducation$31kAnimals$7kFood & Nutrition$5kCrime & Legal$4kYouth Development$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
SD
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
KS
TN
LA
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$27,50020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$12,50030%
Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation$12,00030%
Children's Harbor Inc$10,25020%
Children's Protective Association Inc$8,00040%
Montgomery Area Council on Aging$7,50020%
United Methodist Children's Home$6,75030%
Montgomery Humane Society$6,00030%
Montgomery Cancer Wellness Foundation$6,00031%
One Place Family Justice Center$3,30040%
Heart of Alabama Food Bank Inc$3,00020%
Kings Home Inc$2,25040%
Nellie Burge Community Center Inc$2,00021%
Faith Broadcasting Inc$1,90040%
Alabama Sheriffs' Youth Ranches Inc$1,75030%
Operation Smile Inc$1,55030%
Mercy Ships International$1,30030%
Love a Child Inc$1,00030%
Alabama Baptist Childrens Home and Family Ministries$1,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00030%
Honeyword Foundation Inc$90030%
Special Olympics Alabama Inc$80030%
First Choice Women's Medical Center Inc$80020%
American Heart Association Inc$75030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$60020%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$50010%
Alabama Wildlife Federation$50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
The Childrens Advocacy Center$50010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$45010%
Food for the Poor Inc$40010%
St Josephs Indian School$3502n/a
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$35020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$30010%
Operation Santa Claus$3001n/a
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$30010%
Kate Duncan Smith Dar School$30010%
Covenant House New Orleans$25010%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$25010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($380k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Children's Hospital Foundation: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Harbor Inc: $10,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Protective Association Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMontgomery Area Council on Aging: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Methodist Children's Home: $6,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMontgomery Humane Society: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMontgomery Cancer Wellness Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetOne Place Family Justice Center: $3,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHeart of Alabama Food Bank Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKings Home Inc: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNellie Burge Community Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFaith Broadcasting Inc: $1,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlabama Sheriffs' Youth Ranches Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $1,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLove a Child Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHoneyword Foundation Inc: $900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics Alabama Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Choice Women's Medical Center Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Wildlife Federation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Childrens Advocacy Center: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKate Duncan Smith Dar School: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House New Orleans: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Alabama Power Foundation IncAL24.9× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Central Alabama Community Foundation Inc · Working Woman's Home Association Inc · Viro Fund · The Landa Fund · Nick's Kids Foundation Inc · Alfa Foundation · The Long Lewis Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation

How much does The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation give?
The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (31%), Health (16%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($28k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($13k), Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation ($12k).
Does The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Power Foundation Inc, Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation, Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc.
Where is The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation based?
The Wayne and Shan Russell Charitable Foundation is based in AL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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